Datadog incident: Delayed Events

Affected components

• Metrics and Infra Monitoring

1. resolvedJan 18, 2026, 14:24 UTC

   This incident is resolved. There's no more delay for the processing of Events, nor impact on the event stream, event based widgets and event based monitors.

2. identifiedJan 18, 2026, 13:26 UTC

   Recovery is in progress and the new estimated time of recovery would be 14h30 UTC.

3. identifiedJan 18, 2026, 12:35 UTC

   We have identified the issue and scaled up for recovery, with a recovery estimated to be around 14h30 UTC. We'll continue to give updates as recovery progresses.

4. identifiedJan 18, 2026, 12:33 UTC

   We are investigating increased latency processing Events. As a result of this issue, some users may see delays or gaps in the event stream or for event based widgets or event based monitors.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Datadog's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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